Fangatau

This article covers the atoll. For the municipality, see Fangatau (municipality) .

Fangatau
NASA image of Fangatau
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Tuamotu Archipelago
Geographical location	15 ° 50 ′  S , 140 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 50 ′  S , 140 ° 52 ′  W
Number of islands	-
Main island	-
Land area	6 km²
Lagoon area	11 km²
Residents	145 (2012)

Fangatau , also called Nakai-erua , is a small atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia . The elongated atoll is 8 km long, 3.5 km wide and has a land area of ​​6 km². The approximately 11 km² large lagoon of the atoll has no access to the sea. Administratively, Fangatau belongs to the municipality of the same name , to which the neighboring atoll Fakahina also belongs.

Fangatau has 121 inhabitants, who mainly live in the main town of Teana . The island's airfield opened in 1978.

The atoll was discovered on July 10, 1820 by the Baltic German Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , who called the atoll "Araktschejew" .

See also

• List of Tuamotu Islands

Web links

• Fangatau of oceandots.com ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Populations légales de Nouvelle-Calédonie en 2014 | Insee. Retrieved August 30, 2017 (French). 
2. ^ Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF) - Recensement de la population 2007 ( Memento of February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, French)